SloppyCalculator/SinFoS huggingface dataset:
Sinhala figure of speech: පගාවක් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving a bribe
English equivalent: Grease a man's palm
Meaning: to secretly give someone money in order to persuade them to do something for you
Sinhala figure of speech: දත් විකාගන උසුලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bearing while biting teeth
English equivalent: Grin and bear it
Meaning: to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
Sinhala figure of speech: කොයි කොයි මලෙනුත් බමරුන් රොන් ගන්නවා ලූ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Bees take pollen from whatever flower, it seems
English equivalent: *All's grist that comes to one's mill
Meaning: Focus on the outcome, not the origin
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකු වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Become big
English equivalent: Grown up
Meaning: having reached maturity
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකු ලොක්කෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Big big-people
English equivalent: Big Guns
Meaning: an important or influential person
Sinhala figure of speech: "එන්න අයියා,කන්න, බොන්න "
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: "Come brother, eat, drink"
English equivalent: Hail-fellow-well-met
Meaning: genial and familiar, especially in an offensive or ingratiating way
Sinhala figure of speech: පණට පණ වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like life to life
English equivalent: Hail-fellow-well-met
Meaning: genial and familiar, especially in an offensive or ingratiating way
Sinhala figure of speech: මයිල් කෙළින් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hairs standing straight
English equivalent: Hair standing on end
Meaning: very frightened
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙස් පළන තර්ක ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Presenting hair-splitting arguments
English equivalent: Splitting hairs
Meaning: to argue about small details of something
Sinhala figure of speech: නූලක ප්‍රමාණය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Size of a thread
English equivalent: Hair's breadth
Meaning: very small degree or amount
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හරියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Equal to equal
English equivalent: Half and half
Meaning: a mixture of half one thing and half another thing
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕනෑවට එපාවට කරන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing for "want and don't want"
English equivalent: Half-hearted
Meaning: without enthusiasm or determination
Sinhala figure of speech: නහයට ඉහළින් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Above the nose
English equivalent: Half-seas over
Meaning: drunk
Sinhala figure of speech: ගන් වඩුව  
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Village boil/swelling
English equivalent: Hall mark
Meaning: a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing
Sinhala figure of speech: දඩි බිඩි ගාගන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making "Dadi bidi" sound
English equivalent: Hammer and tongs
Meaning: with great effort or energy
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිඩි ගිඩි ගාගන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making "Gidi gidi" sound
English equivalent: Hammer and tongs
Meaning: with great effort or energy
Sinhala figure of speech: මඟුල් ජෝඩු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Wedding coupling
English equivalent: Give one's hand to
Meaning: Marrying
Sinhala figure of speech:  වේල පිරිමහගන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Managing the meal/time
English equivalent: Hand to mouth
Meaning: always spending money, eating food, etc. as soon as you get it, because you only just have enough to live
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩි මුඩියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the hurry-scurry
English equivalent: Hand over fist
Meaning: very rapidly
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉවරයක් නැතිව යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going without an end
English equivalent: Have one's hands full
Meaning: to be completely occupied
Sinhala figure of speech: කරපිට වැටි තිබෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fallen on the shoulder
English equivalent: Have on one's hands
Meaning: to be responsible for dealing with a difficult situation, a problem, or a demanding person
Sinhala figure of speech: අතගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting hand
English equivalent: Lend a hand
Meaning: help them
Sinhala figure of speech: අත උස්සනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Lifting the hand
English equivalent: Raise one's hands against
Meaning: to physically assault or threaten to hit them
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕනෑවට එපාවට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For want and don't want
English equivalent: Off-hand
Meaning: not friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවාට ගියාට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For coming and going
English equivalent: Off-hand
Meaning: not friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude
Sinhala figure of speech: හිටිවනම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: While standing/staying
English equivalent: Off-hand
Meaning: without looking for information and without thinking carefully
Sinhala figure of speech: පරණ පුරුදු කාරයෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: An old habit person
English equivalent: An old hand
Meaning: they are very skilled at it because they have been doing it for a long time
Sinhala figure of speech: කොළේ පෙන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing the leaf/hand
English equivalent: Show one's hand
Meaning: Reveal one's plans, intentions, or resources, especially when they were previously hidden
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් බැන්දුම 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eye binding
English equivalent: Sleight of hand
Meaning: speed and skill of the hand when performing tricks
Sinhala figure of speech:  නමට වලිගයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A tail to the name
English equivalent: Handle to one's name
Meaning: A title added before one's name, as may indicate one's position, profession, or rank
Sinhala figure of speech:  අත දිග ඇරලා යමක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing something opening the hand long
English equivalent: Do the handsome
Meaning: Acting generously
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔන්න මෙන්න කියා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying "here and there"
English equivalent: Hang by a thread
Meaning: be in a highly precarious state
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙන දෙයක් වෙච්චාවයි කියා ජීවත්වන 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Living saying "let whatever happen happen"
English equivalent: Happy-go-lucky
Meaning: cheerfully unconcerned about the future
Sinhala figure of speech: සූරා අන්තුවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Scraper / Drinker
English equivalent: Hard drinker
Meaning: a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol
Sinhala figure of speech: බේබද්දා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drunkard
English equivalent: Hard drinker
Meaning: a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol
Sinhala figure of speech: බොනයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drinker
English equivalent: Hard drinker
Meaning: a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol
Sinhala figure of speech: බංකොලොත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bankrupt
English equivalent: Hard up
Meaning: have very little money
Sinhala figure of speech: අතේ තුට්ටුව නැතුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without a cent (thuttu) in hand
English equivalent: Hard up
Meaning: have very little money
Sinhala figure of speech: මෝඩ තකතීරු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Foolish-fool
English equivalent: Hare-brained
Meaning: rash
Sinhala figure of speech: කරත්තේ බැන්ද ගමන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Just tied to the cart
English equivalent: In harness
Meaning: working together to achieve something
Sinhala figure of speech: කන්දොස් කිරියාවක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing a noise-action
English equivalent: Harp on
Meaning: to talk or complain about something many times
Sinhala figure of speech:  හරි සම්බෝලයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real Sambol (mix)
English equivalent: A pretty hash
Meaning: an awkward state of affairs
Sinhala figure of speech:  හරි කැඳ හැළියක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real porridge pot
English equivalent: A pretty hash
Meaning: an awkward state of affairs
Sinhala figure of speech: හත් ගවුවක් ඉහළ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Seven "Gau" (leagues) high
English equivalent: Head and shoulders above
Meaning:  far better, more qualified, etc.
Sinhala figure of speech: නහයට එන තෙක් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Until coming to the nose
English equivalent: Over head and ears
Meaning: completely or deeply involved in something, often to the point of being overwhelmed
Sinhala figure of speech:  තුන් කුණ්ඩාරමෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like a triple heap/mess
English equivalent: Head-over-heels
Meaning: completely
Sinhala figure of speech: නෝන ද පොල්ල ද
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Spike or club
English equivalent: Heads or tails
Meaning: asked before you throw a coin into the air and want someone else to guess which side it will land on
Sinhala figure of speech: යම් තම් ඕළුව උස්සාගන ඉන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Barely keeping the head lifted
English equivalent: Keep one's head above water
Meaning: to just be able to manage
Sinhala figure of speech: අගක් මුලක් සොයා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Finding an end and a root
English equivalent: Make head or tail of
Meaning: to not be able to understand something at all
Sinhala figure of speech: එකකුගේ මොළේට වඩා දෙදෙනෙකුගේ මොළේ හොඳයි
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Two brains are better than one's brain
English equivalent: Two heads are better than one
Meaning: it's helpful to have the advice or opinion of a second person
Sinhala figure of speech: හිත හදාගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making the mind
English equivalent: Find it in one's heart
Meaning: To muster the emotional ability or willingness to do something difficult or unpleasant
Sinhala figure of speech: කනස්සලු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming worried
English equivalent: Have one's heart sink into one's boots
Meaning: omeone feels very sad, disappointed, worried, etc.
Sinhala figure of speech: පපුව ගැහෙන්නට පටන් ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Chest starts beating
English equivalent: Have one's heart in one's mouth
Meaning: feeling extremely nervous
Sinhala figure of speech: ගල් හිතක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A stone heart
English equivalent: A heart of flint
Meaning: person who is very unfeeling
Sinhala figure of speech: පපුවක් නොව ගලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not a chest/heart but a stone
English equivalent: A heart of flint
Meaning: person who is very unfeeling
Sinhala figure of speech: උණුසුම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Warm / Hot
English equivalent: Heart-to-heart
Meaning:  talk honestly about their feelings
Sinhala figure of speech: කට පාඩමෙන් දන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knowing by mouth-lesson
English equivalent: Know by heart
Meaning: you have learned it so well that you can remember it
Sinhala figure of speech: කට පාඩම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing mouth-lesson
English equivalent: Learn by heart
Meaning: Memorize
Sinhala figure of speech: වන පොත් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making open books (reciting)
English equivalent: Learn by heart
Meaning: Memorize
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙනේට හිටල තියෙන ද
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: Is it planted for the Chena (farm)?
English equivalent: Heel of Achilles
Meaning: a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure
Sinhala figure of speech: මමසථානය 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Vital place
English equivalent: Heel of Achilles
Meaning: a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිනි තපිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Warming at the fire
English equivalent: Kick one's heels
Meaning: to wait around
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ කඩාගෙන දුවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Running breaking life
English equivalent: Show a clean pair of heels
Meaning: to run away quickly
Sinhala figure of speech: ගාලශෝට්ටියක් ඇති වී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: An uproar occurred
English equivalent: Hell broke loose
Meaning:  situation suddenly becomes violent and noisy, especially with people arguing or fighting
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩාගන බිඳගෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking and smashing
English equivalent: Helter-skelter
Meaning: quickly and in all directions
Sinhala figure of speech: අද මෙහෙ හෙට කොහේදැයි නොදනිමු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Today here, tomorrow don't know where
English equivalent: Here today and gone to-morrow
Meaning: said about something that lasts only a short time
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ නම් තණ අග පිනි බිඳු වැන්නේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Life is like dew drops on grass tips
English equivalent: *Here today and gone to-morrow
Meaning: Life is unstable like a water drop on grass
Sinhala figure of speech: අහසට පොළොව වගෙයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like earth to sky
English equivalent: Neither here nor there
Meaning: not connected with the subject being discussed
Sinhala figure of speech: මුලු ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking the corner
English equivalent: Out-herod Herod
Meaning: to surpass in evil, excesses, or cruelty
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණ සඟවා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hiding the face
English equivalent: Hide his diminished head
Meaning: Showing shame
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා නැටීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil dancing
English equivalent: High jinks
Meaning: boisterous fun
Sinhala figure of speech: පම්පෝරු 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Boasting
English equivalent: High-sounding
Meaning: extravagant and grand
Sinhala figure of speech: මුදුන් මල්කඩ 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Top/Pinnacle flower wreath
English equivalent: High spot
Meaning: the most enjoyable or significant part of an experience or period of time
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉලක්කෙට විදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shooting to the target
English equivalent: Hit the nail on the head
Meaning: to do or say something that is exactly right
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් බැන්දුම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eye binding
English equivalent: Hocus-pocus
Meaning: tricks used to deceive, or words used to hide what is happening or make it not clear
Sinhala figure of speech: සුදිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The happy time/party
English equivalent: Hocus-pocus
Meaning: tricks used to deceive, or words used to hide what is happening or make it not clear
Sinhala figure of speech: අනුන්ට කපාපු වළේ තමාම වැටිලා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Fallen oneself in the pit dug for others
English equivalent: Hoist with one's own petard
Meaning: To be caught in one's own trap
Sinhala figure of speech: කුසුකුසු  කූට්ටම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Whisper groups
English equivalent: Hole and corner
Meaning: being or carried on in a place away from public view
Sinhala figure of speech: හැංගි හොරා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hiding thieves
English equivalent: Hole and corner
Meaning: being or carried on in a place away from public view
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකුකම පෙන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing bigness
English equivalent: Ride the high horse
Meaning: To adopt a superior, arrogant, or self-righteous attitude, acting as if one is better or more knowledgeable than others
Sinhala figure of speech: මහේ ශාක්‍ය ලීලාවක් දක්වනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Showing a majestic style
English equivalent: Ride the high horse
Meaning: To adopt a superior, arrogant, or self-righteous attitude, acting as if one is better or more knowledgeable than others
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි සතා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Real animal
English equivalent: Hot stuff
Meaning: a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි මිනිහා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Real man
English equivalent: Hot stuff
Meaning: a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil
Sinhala figure of speech: වස බඩුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Poison item
English equivalent: Hot stuff
Meaning: a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil
Sinhala figure of speech: හිමි දිරිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dawn
English equivalent: The small hours
Meaning: the early hours of the morning after midnight
Sinhala figure of speech: රෑ දෙගොඩ හරිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Night two-banks area
English equivalent: The witching hour
Meaning: midnight
Sinhala figure of speech: ගෙට ගෙවැදීමේ උත්සවය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In a house-entering ceremony
English equivalent: House-warming
Meaning: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new hom
Sinhala figure of speech: කොහොමද?
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: How?
English equivalent: How are you?
Meaning: How are you?
Sinhala figure of speech: යස වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A fine work
English equivalent: A fine how-do-you-do
Meaning: a difficult, awkward, or unpleasant situation
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි අවුලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real tangle
English equivalent: A fine how-do-you-do
Meaning: a difficult, awkward, or unpleasant situation
Sinhala figure of speech: වාස දේස කෙසේද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: How are the dwelling lands?
English equivalent: How goes it?
Meaning: How are you?
Sinhala figure of speech: කොහොමද තොරතුරු?
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: How is information?
English equivalent: How goes it?
Meaning: How are you?
Sinhala figure of speech: හාන් හුන් ගසා ඉන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Staying hitting "Haan Hun"
English equivalent: Hum and haw
Meaning:  be indecisive
Sinhala figure of speech: කේත්තියෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From anger
English equivalent: Out of humour
Meaning: in a bad mood
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙසේ හෝ අල්ලා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Catching somehow
English equivalent: Hunt down
Meaning: to search everywhere for someone or something until you find him, her, or it:
Sinhala figure of speech: වහසි බස් දොඩ වනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Babbling boasting words
English equivalent: Hurl defiance
Meaning: Fail to agree with
Sinhala figure of speech: ගාලගෝට්ටිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Uproar
English equivalent: Hurly-burly
Meaning: busy, boisterous activity
Sinhala figure of speech: කලබැගැනිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Chaos / Confusion
English equivalent: Hurly-burly
Meaning: busy, boisterous activity
Sinhala figure of speech: එල හරකයි මීහරකයි වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the neat cow and the buffalo
English equivalent: ill-assorted
Meaning: not well matched
Sinhala figure of speech: තොරොට්ටුව වැටිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Snout/Face fallen
English equivalent: In for it
Meaning: in trouble
Sinhala figure of speech: දුෂණ ගොහොදුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Corruption sludge/swamp
English equivalent: Sink of iniquity
Meaning:  A place where criminal activity is rife
Sinhala figure of speech: හොර ගුහාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Thief cave
English equivalent: Sink of iniquity
Meaning: A place where criminal activity is rife
Sinhala figure of speech: සුල මුල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Root and corner
English equivalent: Ins-and-outs
Meaning: all the details
Sinhala figure of speech: අතර තුරේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the middle
English equivalent: In the interim
Meaning: in the time between two particular periods or events
Sinhala figure of speech: අතරින් පතර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From between
English equivalent: At intervals
Meaning: repeated several times, with the same or a similar time period or distance between each
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇල පිල්ලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A vowel stroke
English equivalent: One iota
Meaning: an extremely small amount
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇබිස්සක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A tiny bit
English equivalent: One iota
Meaning: an extremely small amount
Sinhala figure of speech: අබ ඇටයක ප්‍රමාණයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Size of a mustard seed
English equivalent: One iota
Meaning: an extremely small amount
Sinhala figure of speech: කර ගහ ගත් වැඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Work taken on the shoulder
English equivalent: Irons in the fire
Meaning:  having several tasks, projects, or potential opportunities underway simultaneously
Sinhala figure of speech: දඬු කඳේ දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Putting in the stocks (log)
English equivalent: Put in irons
Meaning: to be shackled, chained, or confined as a form of punishment or to prevent escape
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔන්න මෙන්න කියන්ට ඉස්සර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Before saying "here there"
English equivalent: Before you could say Jack Robinson
Meaning: used to say that something happens very quickly
Sinhala figure of speech: බබා කෝලම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Baby mask/dance
English equivalent: Jekyll and Hyde
Meaning: a person with two very different sides to their personality, one good and the other evil
Sinhala figure of speech: ටක් ගාලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Immediately
English equivalent: In a jiffy
Meaning: in a very short time
Sinhala figure of speech: අබමල් රේණුවක් වත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Even a mustard flower pollen
English equivalent: Jot or tittle
Meaning: used mainly in negative sentences to mean a very small amount
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉහි නොමරා සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without killing a louse
English equivalent: Keep one's countenance
Meaning: maintain one's composure
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හරියට යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going equal to equal
English equivalent: Keep pace with
Meaning: move or progress at the same speed or rate as
Sinhala figure of speech: බාගන කන වළ ඉහගන කනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Digging up the pit used for defecating and eating
English equivalent: Kill the goose that laid the golden egg
Meaning: to destroy something that makes a lot of money for you
Sinhala figure of speech: බයිබලයේ ගසා දිවුරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swearing hitting the Bible
English equivalent: Kiss the book
Meaning: The ceremony of touching the lips to a copy of the Bible, used in administering oaths
Sinhala figure of speech: පොළොවේ පස් කනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eating earth's soil
English equivalent: Kiss the dust or ground
Meaning: to be defeated, die, or be forced into humble submission
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming confused
English equivalent: Knock over
Meaning: to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them
Sinhala figure of speech: පොට දන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knowing the strand/trick
English equivalent: Know the ropes
Meaning: to learn/know how to do a job or activity
Sinhala figure of speech: යමක් කමක් දන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knowing something
English equivalent: Know a thing or two
Meaning: to have acquired knowledge or expertise in a particular area
Sinhala figure of speech: ටොක්කක්
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: A knock (on head)
English equivalent: Rap on the knuckle
Meaning:  a reprimand
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඳට වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stayed to the bed
English equivalent: Laid up
Meaning: to be forced to stay in bed because of an illness or accident
Sinhala figure of speech: දැන් අන්තිමට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Now at the end
English equivalent: At last
Meaning:  after much delay
Sinhala figure of speech: අවසාන හුස්මෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With the last breath
English equivalent: At one's last gasp
Meaning: a final, desperate effort made at the very last moment before an event ends or a situation concludes
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්තිම තැන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The last place
English equivalent: On one's last legs
Meaning: near the end of life, usefulness, or existence
Sinhala figure of speech: බහිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting down
English equivalent: Launch out
Meaning: make a start on a new and challenging enterprise
Sinhala figure of speech: රන් පදක්කම් දිනනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Winning gold medals
English equivalent: Win laurels
Meaning: to achieve distinction, honor, or glory through success or a notable accomplishment
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතුවක් කාර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Headstrong doer
English equivalent: A law unto himself
Meaning: they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing thing
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතුමතේ ක්‍රියා කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Acting on mind's opinion
English equivalent: Take the law into one's own hands
Meaning: to administer justice as one sees fit without recourse to the usual law enforcement or legal processes
Sinhala figure of speech: දිගට හරහට දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving length and across
English equivalent: Lay about one
Meaning: to strike or aim blows in every direction
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔට්ටුවක් ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking a bet
English equivalent: Lay a bet
Meaning: to back something not to happen
Sinhala figure of speech: පරදුවක් තබනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing a wager
English equivalent: Lay a bet
Meaning: to back something not to happen
Sinhala figure of speech: මහදැනමුතුකම් පානවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing traits of "Mahadanamuthu" (Folklore wise man)
English equivalent: Lay down the law
Meaning: to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner
Sinhala figure of speech: පලිප්පු දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Adding Palippu (garnish)
English equivalent: Lay it on thick
Meaning: grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something
Sinhala figure of speech: බටර ගානවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Smearing butter
English equivalent: Lay it on thick
Meaning: grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something
Sinhala figure of speech: මුරුංගා අත්ත උඩ තියනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Placing on the Drumstick tree branch
English equivalent: Lay it on thick
Meaning: grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕනෑ ඕනැ තාලෙට නටවනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Making dance to whatever style wanted
English equivalent: Lead by the nose
Meaning: dominate someone
Sinhala figure of speech: කැමති අතට හරවා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Turning to the liked hand
English equivalent: Lead by the nose
Meaning: dominate someone
Sinhala figure of speech: බහිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting down
English equivalent: Lead up to
Meaning: to approach (a topic) gradually or cautiously
Sinhala figure of speech: තෝන් ලනු 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Thong ropes (Leather ropes)
English equivalent: Leading-strings
Meaning: excessively restraining guidance
Sinhala figure of speech: ලහි ලහියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the haste
English equivalent: By leaps and bounds
Meaning: with unexpectedly rapid progress
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇහැ පියාගෙන පනින පිම්මක්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: A jump jumped closing the eye
English equivalent: A leap in the dark
Meaning: an action performed without knowledge of the consequences
Sinhala figure of speech: යටත් පිරිසෙයින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: At the lower crowd/limit
English equivalent: At least
Meaning: at the minimum
Sinhala figure of speech: කථා නොකරන තරමට හොඳයි
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Good to the extent not talking
English equivalent: Least said, soonest mended
Meaning: it is a good idea to say very little, because you might upset someone or make a situation worse if you say too much
Sinhala figure of speech: පාඩුවේ ඉන්ට හරිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Letting to be in loss/quiet
English equivalent: Leave to oneself
Meaning: be alone or solitary
Sinhala figure of speech: කියා යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying and going
English equivalent: Leave word
Meaning: to leave a message or information for someone
Sinhala figure of speech: පැදුරටත් නොකියා යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going without telling even the mat
English equivalent: Take French leave
Meaning: an unauthorized or unannounced absence or departure
Sinhala figure of speech: මම ගොහින් එන්නම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: I will go and come
English equivalent: Take one's leave
Meaning: say goodbye
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩු මදිකම් හරි ගස්සා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Fixing the lack-insufficiencies
English equivalent: Make up leeway
Meaning:  to get back into a good position or situation after one has fallen behind
Sinhala figure of speech: ව්‍යාජස්තුති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fake praise
English equivalent: Left-handed compliment
Meaning: a statement that sounds like praise but actually contains an insult or a criticism, or is ambiguous enough to imply something unflattering
Sinhala figure of speech: රුකුල් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving support (props)
English equivalent: Give a leg up
Meaning: to provide assistance to someone to help them improve their situation, gain an advantage, or overcome a challenge
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔහොම ඔහොම ගොහින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going like that like that
English equivalent: At length
Meaning: in depth
Sinhala figure of speech: කියායන කියාගන යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying and saying going
English equivalent: Let fly
Meaning: to give free rein to an emotion
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇද බානවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling and unloading
English equivalent: Let fly
Meaning: to give free rein to an emotion
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩි පද ගහන්ට ගොහින්, තියන හොඳෙත් නැති කර ගන්ට එපා.
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
Literal translation: Don't go to play extra notes and lose the existing good too
English equivalent: Let well alone
Meaning: to be content with things as they are and not try to improve them
Sinhala figure of speech: වචන මාත්‍රයක් වෙනස් නොකර
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Without changing a word measure
English equivalent: To the letter
Meaning: following the literal interpretation or wording exactly
Sinhala figure of speech: අකුරටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the letter
English equivalent: To the letter
Meaning: following the literal interpretation or wording exactly
Sinhala figure of speech: නූලටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the thread
English equivalent: To the letter
Meaning: following the literal interpretation or wording exactly
Sinhala figure of speech: සිහි කල්පනාවෙන් සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying with mind-thought
English equivalent: Keep a level head
Meaning: to remain calm
Sinhala figure of speech: එක පයක් ගොඩ අනික් පය වළේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: One foot on land, the other foot in the pit
English equivalent: Lie at death's door
Meaning: To be on the brink of dying
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොඩ පයයි වළ පයයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Land foot and pit foot
English equivalent: Lie at death's door
Meaning: To be on the brink of dying
Sinhala figure of speech: සම්‍යක් ප්‍රයෝගය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Right/Good trick (Samyak Prayoga)
English equivalent: White lie
Meaning: a minor or unimportant lie
Sinhala figure of speech: මගේ ප්‍රාණය පල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: By my life
English equivalent: For the life of me
Meaning: even though my life were at stake on it
Sinhala figure of speech: අලුත් පණක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A new life
English equivalent: New lease of life
Meaning: another chance to lead a happy life, be successful, etc. because of a new turn of events
Sinhala figure of speech: නව යෞවනය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: New youth
English equivalent: Prime of life
Meaning: the most mature, healthy, and vigorous period of a person's life, when they are at the peak of their physical and mental powers and vitality
Sinhala figure of speech: ගැට කපන්නෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knot cutters
English equivalent: Light-fingered
Meaning: someone with quick, dexterous fingers who is prone to stealing, especially via pickpocketing or shoplifting
Sinhala figure of speech: අත ගාගන යන්නෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Those who go groping/touching
English equivalent: Light-fingered
Meaning: someone with quick, dexterous fingers who is prone to stealing, especially via pickpocketing or shoplifting
Sinhala figure of speech: තලු මරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Killing the palate (Smacking lips)
English equivalent: Smack the lips
Meaning: to close and open your mouth loudly to express a strong wish to eat something you like a lot
Sinhala figure of speech: සකල සබ්බ සමඟ.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With all and everything
English equivalent: Lock, stock and barrel
Meaning: including everything
Sinhala figure of speech: නයා පොළඟා වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the cobra and the viper
English equivalent: At loggerheads
Meaning: to strongly disagree
Sinhala figure of speech: කුඩ මිටි හරවා ගත් ගමන්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: As soon as umbrella handles were turned
English equivalent: At loggerheads
Meaning: to strongly disagree
Sinhala figure of speech: ආදි කාලේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ancient time
English equivalent: Long ago
Meaning: in the distant past
Sinhala figure of speech: වැල් වටාරම් සහිත
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With vine windings
English equivalent: Long-winded
Meaning: tediously long in speaking or writing
Sinhala figure of speech: පිදුරු ගොඩේ ඉඳි කටුවක් සොයනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Searching for a needle in a straw pile
English equivalent: Look for a needle in a haystack
Meaning: someone or something that is very hard to find
Sinhala figure of speech: ළිඳේ වැටුණු ඉඳිකටුව සොයනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Searching for the needle fallen in the well
English equivalent: Look for a needle in a haystack
Meaning: someone or something that is very hard to find
Sinhala figure of speech: නිකම් ලැබෙන අඩමේ මායිම බලනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Looking at the boundary of the free estate
English equivalent: Look a gift horse in the mouth
Meaning: to look in a critical way at something that has been given to one
Sinhala figure of speech: දැක්කා නොදැක්කා වගේ ඉන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Staying like saw-not-saw
English equivalent: Look the other way
Meaning: to deliberately ignore something unpleasant, immoral, or illegal that is happening when you should be trying to deal with it or stop it from happening
Sinhala figure of speech: සවාරියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: On the safari/trip
English equivalent: On the loose
Meaning: free because they have escaped from a person or place
Sinhala figure of speech: ජය පිට ජය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Victory on victory
English equivalent: Run of luck
Meaning: a continuous period of either good fortune
Sinhala figure of speech: කුස පත් අදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drawing straw leaves (Kusa grass)
English equivalent: Draw lots
Meaning: to decide an issue by using lots
Sinhala figure of speech: දාදු දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Throwing dice
English equivalent: Draw lots
Meaning: to decide an issue by using lots
Sinhala figure of speech: එක ගොඩට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To one pile
English equivalent: In a lump sum
Meaning: an amount of money that is paid in one large amount on one occasion
Sinhala figure of speech: උකුසු ඇස් ඇති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having hawk eyes
English equivalent: Lynx-eyed
Meaning: having keen sight
Sinhala figure of speech: කුලප්පුවූ ගොන්නාම්බකු සේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like a provoked bull
English equivalent: Mad as a March hare
Meaning: extremely silly or stupid
Sinhala figure of speech: මද වැටුණු ඇතා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Elephant in musth
English equivalent: *Mad as a March hare
Sinhala figure of speech: කුළුඳුල් කථාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: First-born story
English equivalent: Maiden speech
Meaning: the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member
Sinhala figure of speech: හා පුරා ගමන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: "Ha Pura" journey (Auspicious start)
English equivalent: Maiden voyage
Meaning: the first voyage of a vessel
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔළුව උඩ තියා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Keeping on top of the head
English equivalent: Make a fuss of
Meaning: you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable
Sinhala figure of speech: හුවා දක්වනවා.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing by lifting
English equivalent: Make much of
Meaning: to give importance to
Sinhala figure of speech: කාපුදේත් එළියට එනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: What was eaten also comes out
English equivalent: Make one's gorge rise
Meaning: to evoke violent anger or strong disgust
Sinhala figure of speech: අගක් මුලක් සොයන්ට නුපුළුවන්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Unable to find an end or root
English equivalent: Not make head or tail of
Meaning: to be unable to understand or decipher
Sinhala figure of speech: අතුගා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sweeping away
English equivalent: Make a clean sweep
Meaning: Remove or eliminate unwanted persons or things
Sinhala figure of speech: පිරිමසා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stroking/Managing
English equivalent: Make do with
Meaning: manage with the limited or inadequate means available
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting the eye
English equivalent: Make eyes at
Meaning: to look at someone with sexual interest
Sinhala figure of speech: කල දුටු කල වළ ඉහයන්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: When time seen, bail the pit
English equivalent: Make hay while the sun shines
Meaning: to take full advantage of an opportunity
Sinhala figure of speech: දත් ඇතිදා පොල් කන්ට කීවාලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Said to eat coconut on the day teeth exist
English equivalent: Make hay while the sun shines
Meaning: to take full advantage of an opportunity
Sinhala figure of speech: සුළුවට ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking to smallness
English equivalent: Make light of
Meaning: to treat as insignificant or trifling
Sinhala figure of speech: අදි මදි නොකරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not pulling-hesitating
English equivalent: Make no bones
Meaning: talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret
Sinhala figure of speech: අතුරුදහන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Disappearing
English equivalent: Make oneself scarce
Meaning: to go or stay away
Sinhala figure of speech: අලංකාරෙට කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing for decoration
English equivalent: Make a splash
Meaning:  to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking or ostentatious
Sinhala figure of speech: සල්ලි සල්ලි කියලා නොබලා "ෂෝක් කරනවා "
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Doing "shock" (showing off) without looking at money saying "money money"
English equivalent: Make a splash
Meaning:  to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking or ostentatious
Sinhala figure of speech: කළු හාමිගේ පියා දෑවැද්ද දුන්නා වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like Kaluhamy's father gave the dowry
English equivalent: Make a virtue of necessity
Meaning: to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation
Sinhala figure of speech: නිකමා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Useless one
English equivalent: A man of straw
Meaning: a man who does not have the ability or the courage necessary to carry out a particular task or to fulfil a particular role
Sinhala figure of speech: පඹයා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Scarecrow
English equivalent: A man of straw
Meaning: a man who does not have the ability or the courage necessary to carry out a particular task or to fulfil a particular role
Sinhala figure of speech: එක වචනයේ මනුෂ්‍යයෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A man of one word
English equivalent: A man of his word
Meaning: always keep their promises and can be relied on
Sinhala figure of speech: යමක් කමක් දන්නා කෙනෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Someone who knows something
English equivalent: A man of the world
Meaning: always keep their promises and can be relied on
Sinhala figure of speech: සරමට වඩා හයිය කම්බාය
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: The Camboy (woman's cloth) is stronger than the Sarong
English equivalent: The grey mare
Meaning: The wife rules, or is more competent than, the husband
Sinhala figure of speech: එලොව පොල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Other-world coconuts
English equivalent: Mare's nest
Meaning:  an illusory discovery
Sinhala figure of speech: හුරස්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Trouble/Hassle (Slang)
English equivalent: Beside the mark
Meaning: not striking the point aimed at
Sinhala figure of speech: කොහෙද යන්නේ මල්ලෙ පොල්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: "Where are you going?" "Coconuts in bag"
English equivalent: Beside the mark
Meaning: not striking the point aimed at
Sinhala figure of speech: මා නොකීවා කියා කියන්ට එපා
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
Literal translation: Don't say I didn't say
English equivalent: Mark my words
Meaning: emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it
Sinhala figure of speech: අහසට පොළොව සේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like earth to sky
English equivalent: Wide of the mark
Meaning: a long way from an intended targe
Sinhala figure of speech: හරිම හරි ගැටයක්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: A real proper knot
English equivalent: Master-stroke
Meaning: an outstanding piece of strategy, skill, talent, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: මැරෙම්වා රැකෙම්වා කියා වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A work saying "may die or may save"
English equivalent: A matter of life and death
Meaning: a matter of extreme urgency
Sinhala figure of speech: බඩපුරා වේලක්
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: A stomach-full meal
English equivalent: Square meal
Meaning: meal which is big enough to satisfy you
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ අදහසින් යමක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing something with good idea/intent
English equivalent: Mean well
Meaning: to have good intentions
Sinhala figure of speech: හදි වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming damaged (Hadi)
English equivalent: Measure swords
Meaning:  to fight or contend
Sinhala figure of speech: හරියට හරියෙ එනවා.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Coming exactly to exact
English equivalent: Measure swords
Meaning:  to fight or contend
Sinhala figure of speech: මොළේ වෙහෙසනවා
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
Literal translation: Tiring the brain
English equivalent: Burden one's memory
Meaning: overload the memory
Sinhala figure of speech: ඒක මතක නැති කරන්න
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To make that memory lost
English equivalent: Don't mention it
Meaning: polite reply to someone who has just thanked them for doing something
Sinhala figure of speech: සාජ්ජයක් දානවා
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: Putting a party (Sajje)
English equivalent: Make merry
Meaning: be festive
Sinhala figure of speech: අමුම අමු පිස්සු වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A rawest raw mad work
English equivalent: Midsummer madness
Meaning: a temporary lapse into foolishness, senseless behavior, folly, etc.
Sinhala figure of speech: ළෙන්ගතුකම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Closeness of heart
English equivalent: Milk of human kindness
Meaning: good, kind qualities
Sinhala figure of speech: මවු කිරි
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: Mother milk
English equivalent: Mother's milk
Meaning: something regarded as absolutely necessary or appropriate
Sinhala figure of speech: පොඩි පට්ටම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making into small powder/dust
English equivalent: Make mincemeat
Meaning: to defeat completely
Sinhala figure of speech: සුන් බුන් කරනවා
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Making into dust and debris
English equivalent: Make mincemeat
Meaning: to defeat completely
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ වචන ටිකක් කියනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Saying a few good words
English equivalent: Give a piece of one's mind
Meaning: to criticize or censure (someone) frankly or vehemently
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉස්පිලි පාපිලි ගැන සලකනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Considering vowel strokes (Ispili Papili)
English equivalent: Mind one's P's and Q's
Meaning: to make an effort to be especially polite in a particular situation
Sinhala figure of speech: ඒකමතිකව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With one mind
English equivalent: Of one mind
Meaning: all agree about something
Sinhala figure of speech: ස්තානෝචිත ප්‍රඥව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Place-appropriate wisdom
English equivalent: Presence of mind
Meaning: the ability to remain calm and act constructively during times of crisis
Sinhala figure of speech: සල්ලි මල්ලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Money bag
English equivalent: Mint of money
Meaning: Huge amount of money
Sinhala figure of speech: වසන් කාසි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hidden coins
English equivalent: Hush-money
Meaning: money paid to a person to keep him or her from telling something
Sinhala figure of speech: තොරොම්බල් කාසි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fancy goods coins
English equivalent: Pin-money
Meaning: an allowance by a husband to his wife for personal expenditure
Sinhala figure of speech: සාක්කු කාසි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pocket coins
English equivalent: Pocket-money
Meaning: money for day-to-day spending, incidental expenses, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස්බැන්දුම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eye binding
English equivalent: Moonshine
Meaning: foolish talk or thought
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්ද කයිප්පු කැවිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ate "Anda Kaippu" (stupefying drug)
English equivalent: Moon-struck
Meaning: dreamily romantic or bemused
Sinhala figure of speech: මවු බස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Mother language
English equivalent: Mother-tongue
Meaning: the language first learned by a child
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙන්ද කන්දක් කර දක්වනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Showing a fiber as a mountain
English equivalent: Make a mountain out of a mole hill
Meaning: you're making a big issue out of a small issue
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු සක්වල පෙරළනවා 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Overturning whole universe
English equivalent: Move heaven and earth
Meaning: to do everything you can to achieve something